33 U.S. Code § 948 - Laws inapplicable

Nothing in sections 4283, 4284, 4285, 4286, or 4289 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, nor in section 18 of the Act entitled “An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes,” approved June 26, 1884, as amended, shall be held to limit the amount for which recovery may be had

(1) in any suit at law or in admiralty where an employer has failed to secure compensation as required by this chapter, or

(2) in any proceeding for compensation, any addition to compensation, or any civil penalty.

Sections 4283, 4284, 4285, 4286, and 4289 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, were classified to sections
183,
184,
185,
186, and
188, respectively, of the former Appendix to Title 46, Shipping, and were repealed and restated in chapter
305 of Title
46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 109–304, §§ 6(c),
19,Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1509, 1710. For disposition of sections of the former Appendix to Title 46, see Disposition Table preceding section
101 of Title
46.

Section 18 of the Act entitled “An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes,” approved June 26, 1884, as amended, referred to in text, is section 18 of act June 26, 1884, ch. 121, 23 Stat. 57, which was classified to section 189 of the former Appendix to Title 46, Shipping, and was repealed and restated in section
30505 of Title
46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 109–304, §§ 6(c),
19,Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1509, 1710.